Manchester City survive Chelsea fightback to clinch FA Cup final area - Metro

Birmingham City lasted a spirited second-half Chelsea fightback to guide an FA Cup final time with Wigan after a clinching a 2-1 win. Roberto Mancinias side got an earned first-half cause when Samir Nasri coolly slotted past Petr Cech after 33 minutes, having taken advantage of a fortunate ricochet off Cesar Azpilicueta in the package. Sergio Aguero then doubled City cause two minutes after the break when he spun in behindABranislav Ivanovic to head Gareth Barryas beautifully floated baseball in off the article. But Demba Baas acrobatic volley on 66 minutes gave a fresh leash to the Blues of life, and City were left thanking Joe Hartas stand-in Costel Pantilimon for creating aAsuccessionAof top saves. Eden Hazard would have provided the Blues a first-half guide, but his effort from the edge of the region was cleared off the point from Vincent Kompany after Pantilimon was captured in no-manas property. Times later City struck when NasriAwas left absolve to choose his place from ten yards after his supposed pass for Aguero rebounded off Azpilicueta and right backAinto his course. John Milner spurned a wonderful oppourtunity on the stroke of half-time when his poor delivery a with Chelsea outnumbered in the field a' helped Cech to intercept, andACity skipper Kompany screwed the follow-up wide of the article. Chelsea looked out and down after Aguero put City two-up on 47 minutes, but Ba gave the sport a freshAimpetusAwhen he made in David Luizas long punt up area on the half-volley just at night hour. City were forced to dig deep as Chelsea cranked up the pressure, and Pantilimon had to react quickly to deny Ba a second from close range, then remarkably preserved at the toes of Juan Mata with the Spaniard looking set to around the big Romanian for an easy tap in. Aguero was happy to avoid a right red card for what appeared to be considered a two-footed lunge on David Luiz with 10 minutes remaining, but five-time FA Cup winners City held on to book a return trip to Wembley. Teams: Chelsea: Cech, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Luiz, Bertrand, Ramires, Mikel, Threat, Mata, Oscar, Ba Subs: Turnbull, Terry, Ake, Lampard, Benayoun, Moses, Torres Birmingham City: Pantilimon, Zabaleta, Kompany, Nastasic, Clichy, Yaya Toure, Craig, Milner, Tevez, Nasri, Aguero Subs: Hart, Kolo Toure, Lescott, Kolarov, Garcia, Sinclair, Dzeko

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